PROBABLE SRF-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS VEHICLES KAMCHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00784R000100010005-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 15, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
Z-11655/82
NPIC/PEG (11/82)
PROBABLE SRF-RELATED COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS VEHICLES
CHATKA IMPACT AREA OMICRON CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, USSR
1. (SWN) SIGNIFICANCE: COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS VEHICLES,
PROBABLY STRATEGIC ROCKET FORCE (SRF)-RELATED, ARE IDENTIFIED
AT THIS SITE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
2. (SWN1) REMARKS: TWO MAZ-543 MISSILE SUPPORT VANS (MSV) AND
THREE VAN TRUCKS ARE DEPLOYED ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE 25X1
SHIP WHEEL TELEMETRY TRACKING RADAR AND A POSSIBLE
GROUND-MOUNTED OPTICAL TRACKER. ONE MAZ-543 MSV IS PROBABLY A
COMMUNICATIONS VAN AND THE OTHER IS PROBABLY A GENERATOR VAN.
MAZ-543 MSV VAN TRUCKS ARE KNOWN TO BE 25X1
ASSOCIATED WITH THt - OBILE IRBM SYSTEM. THEY HAVE ALSO
BEEN OBSERVED NEAR MOSCOW AT NARO-FOMINSK JOINT COMMAND
COMMAND-POST/RECEIVER/BUNKER/HARDENED AND NEAR 25X1
TYURATAM LAUNCH CONTROL FACILI TYURATAM 9F.x1
MISSILE/SPACE TEST CENTER SSM 25X1
(SWN) THIS SITE HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE AT LEAST
AND HEAVY CANVAS/NETTING COVERED ALL THE VEHICLES. TODAY IS
THE FIRST TIME THE CANVAS/NETTING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE
FENCE-SECURED FACILITY APPEARS TO BE A
COMMUNICATIONS/ELECTRONICS/TRACKING FACILITY FOR THE KAMCHATKA
IMPACT AREA OMICRON; HOWEVER, THE ASSOCIATED MISSILE SYSTEM
BEING TESTED IS NOT KNOWN.
COORDINATES 56-48-40N 161-27-20E
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana-
lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for
and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
WARNING NOTICE
Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved
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